Belgian endive
English
Belgian endive (Cichorium intybus)
Noun
Belgian endive (countable and uncountable, plural Belgian endives)
- (Canada, US) Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, grown without sunlight to produce pale leaves.
Synonyms
- common chicory
- wild chicory
- common succory, wild succory (archaic)
- Italian dandelion
- witloof
- horseweed
- French endive
- horseweed
- garden endive
- wild endive
- blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailors, blue weed
- coffeeweed
- cornflower, ragged sailor, succory
- wild bachelor's button / wild bachelor's-button, chicory button
Translations
common chicory with pale leaves — see chicory
Further reading
Belgian endive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cichorium intybus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cichorium intybus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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